Education 
| 2010-2016 | Postgradual study, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (specialization: Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics and Virology); Ph.D. Thesis: Cytogenetics of selected groups of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): Evolutionary-ecological questions associated with the dynamics of repetitive sequences and the occurrence of polyploidy |
| 2008-2010 | Master study, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (specialization: Genetics, Molecular Biology and Virology) |
| 2007-2008 | Master study, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (specialization: Teaching of Biology and Chemistry) study interrupted after first year because of change of specialization. |
| 2003-2007 | Bachelor study, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (specialization: Teaching of Biology and Chemistry) |
Major scientific interests
Study of karyotype evolution in loach fishes (Teleostei: Cobitoidea) – polyploidisation, mapping of repetitive DNA sequences (rDNA, snDNA, histones, transposable elements), sex chromosomes, phylogeny; application of laser microdissection and comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) in (not only) fish cytotaxonomy.
Fellowships, prizes
| 2014 | 3rd place in the competition for students and young scientists in the best oral presentation on Genetic conference GSGM (Genetic Society of Gregor Mendel) |
| 2009 | Merit scholarship, master study in specialization Genetics, Molecular Biology and Virology |
Membership in academic councils and editorial boards
| 2014 | Genetic Society of Gregor Mendel (GSGM) |
Research fellowships and study visits
| 2016-2017 | Postdoctoral stage (seven months) in Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Department of Genetics and Evolution, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil |
| 2009-2010 | Two short stages (two weeks and one month) in Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City |
Publications
| 2017 | Yano CF, Bertollo LAC, Ezaz T, Trifonov V, Sember A, Liehr T, et al. Highly conserved Z and molecularly diverged W chromosomes in the fish genus Triportheus (Characiformes, Triportheidae). Heredity. 2017;118: 276–283 |
| 2016 | Sember A. Laboratory of Fish Genetics IAPG ASCR: cytotaxonomy, molecular phylogenetics and asexual reproduction – contribution and perspectives. XVII Simpósio de Citogénetica e Génetica de Peixes, Federal University of São Carlos São Carlos, Brazílie, 4.- 6.12.2016. |
| Sember A, Bohlen J, Symonová R, Šlechtová V, Altmanová M, Ráb P. Cytogenetics of selected groups of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): evolutionary-ecological questions associated with the dynamics of repetitive sequences and the occurrence of polyploidy. XVII Simpósio de Citogénetica e Génetica de Peixes, Federal University of São Carlos São Carlos, Brazílie, 4.-6.12. 2016 | |
| Bohlen J, Šlechtová V, Šlechta V, Šlechtová V, Sember A, Ráb P. A ploidy difference represents an impassable barrier for hybridisation in animals. Is there an exception among botiid loaches (Teleostei: Botiidae)? PLoS One. 2016;11: e0159311. | |
| Doležálková M, Sember A, Marec F, Ráb P, Plötner J, Choleva L. Is premeiotic genome elimination an exclusive mechanism for hemiclonal reproduction in hybrid males of the genus Pelophylax? BMC Genet. 2016;17: 100 | |
| 2015 | Yano CA, Bertollo LAC, Trifonov VA, Sember A, Liehr T, Cioffi MB. Cross-species painting and comparative genomic hybridization confirm the common origin of the ZZ/ZW sex system in Triportheus and highlight the differentiation of the W chromosome between species. XVI Simpósio de Citogenética e Genética de Peixes, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazílie, 25.-28.10.2015. Sborník příspěvků: 47 |
| Sember A, Bohlen J, Šlechtová V, Altmanová M, Symonová R, Ráb P. Karyotype differentiation in 19 species of river loach fishes (Nemacheilidae, Teleostei): Extensive variability associated with rDNA and heterochromatin distribution and its phylogenetic and ecological interpretation. BMC Evol Biol. 2015;15: 251. | |
| Symonová R, Sember A, Majtánová Z, Ráb P. Characterization of fish genomes by GISH and CGH. In: Ozouf-Costaz C, Pisano E, Foresti F, Almeida-Toledo LF, editors. Fish Cytogenetic Techniques (Chondrichthyans and Teleosts). CRC Press, Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire, USA. 2015. pp 118–131. | |
| 2014 | Sember A, Bohlen J, Šlechtová V, Symonová R, Ráb P. Karyotype differentiation in nemacheilid loach fishes (Nemacheilidae, Cobitoidea, Cypriniformes): comparative molecular cytogenetics of 19 species and its phylogenetic interpretation 20th International Chromosome Conference, Canterbury, UK. 1.-5.9. 2014. Sborník příspěvků: 51. Publikováno v: Chromosom Res. 2015;23: 407–408. |
| Sember A, Bohlen J, Šlechtová V, Symonová R, Ráb P. Molekulárně-cytogenetická analýza karyotypové diferenciace u 19 druhů mřenek čeledi Nemacheilidae (Cobitoidea, Cypriniformes). Genetic conference GSGM (Genetická společnost Gregora Mendela), Průhonice, Česká republika. 24.-26.9. 2014. | |
| 2013 | Symonová R, Flajšhans M, Sember A, Havelka M, Gela D, Kořínková T, et al. Molecular cytogenetics in artificial hybrid and highly polyploid sturgeons: an evolutionary story narrated by repetitive sequences. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2013a;141: 153–162. |
| Symonová R, Majtánová Z, Sember A, Staaks GBO, Bohlen J, Freyhof J, et al. Genome differentiation in a species pair of coregonine fishes: an extremely rapid speciation driven by stress-activated retrotransposons mediating extensive ribosomal DNA multiplications. BMC Evol Biol. 2013b;13: 42. |